(k) The 28 books I read in 2010 :)
Starting dates, titles, authors, and any comments I may wish to vomit up:
31-Jan-2010: 1. "Everything is illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Weird-ass book but lovely style. I read it because I'm an Elijah Wood fangirl and need to get around to seeing the movie.
6-Feb-2010: 2. "Rose Madder" by Stephen King
18-Feb-2010: 3. "On writing" by Stephen King
A re-read. I found it very inspiring the first time around. Perhaps now too, I'm just kind of too uptight to write for fun these days. %P But. Soon???
25-Feb-2010: 4. "The call of the wild" by Jack London
I hadn't read it in about 9 years, but called it my fave novel. I suppose I'll keep calling it that. It's got dogs. And Canada. :D But I didn't cry this time around. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
2-Mar-2010: 5. "The beach" by Alex Garland
Wanna travel!!!!!! :) And I wanna see this movie. Not that I was crazy about the book in general.
11-Mar-2010: 6. "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King
A re-read. Sadly, it hardly scared me at all this time around. D: King is my fave novelist, and my first super-frightening Pet Sematary read made it my fave King book. :B
28-Mar-2010: 7. "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 A re-read, one of my fave books.
11-Apr-2010: 8. "The fabric of the cosmos: Space, time, and the texture of reality" by Brian Greene
My ex-email addy contained the phrase yoze_hates_physics, but this book is MATH FREE :D and a rather enjoyable mindfuck! :) I had previously read (and later bought) Greene's "The elegant universe."
18-May-2010: 9. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer
I......... was..... given... the first 2 books... by a Twinerd friend and... borrowed this so I... could do some light reading in between wrestling-sessions with the heavy-ass "Fabric of the cosmos." (:B
9-Jun-2010: 10. "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
I hadn't seen the movie. I still haven't fucking gotten around to seeing it, but I will. Not sure why I picked up the book, but it's now on my fave list. :)
21-Jun-2010: 11. "Pride and prejudice and zombies" by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Not as funny as I'd hoped... Yesh, I had read the original.
27-Jun-2010: 12. "Veronika decides to die" by Paulo Coelho
I didn't enjoy it as much as his "The alchemist"... which is one of my fave books and needs to be re-read... along with moar Coelho.
1-Jul-2010: 13. "Pale blue dot: A vision of the human future in space" by Carl Sagan
Another favourite book.
23-Jul-2010: 14. "The third chimpanzee: The evolution and future of the human animal" by Jared Diamond
A mashup of 3 later Diamond books - "Guns, germs and steel," "Why is sex fun?" and "Collapse," all of which I had read. So if you just want to check him out, I guess you should start with this one. Or, no... READ "COLLAPSE"! :D
16-Aug-2010: 15. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Hoshit, Final Movie, Part 1 was coming up. I had to have a Pottrathon! First books, then movies!
19-Aug-2010: 16. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling
:)
22-Aug-2010: 17. "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
:)
27-Aug-2010: 18. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K. Rowling
:)
6-Sep-2010: 19. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J.K. Rowling
:)
19-Sep-2010: 20. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
As I say all the fucking time, she is a genius story-weaver. :O *kills self* And I want to live at cozy Hogwarts. Kthxbai.
2-Oct-2010: 21. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
SQUEE!
19-Oct-2010: 22. "Rent hus" by Louise Boije af Gennäs
Swedish 1998 novel about a cleaning lady who cleans the offices of top politicians, and one day she murders them all. K. (I'm a cleaner too, btw.)
22-Oct-2010: 23. "Dyngkåt och hur helig som helst" by Mia Skäringer
Another Swedish book about real life that my mum threw at me. The title means, sort of, "Horny as shit and holy as can be." Enthusiastic about family life. Cannae relate.
23-Oct-2010: 24. "Teacher man" by Frank McCourt
Nice book. In other news, I wish I wanted to be a teacher. :p But ewwwwwwwwwww.
28-Oct-2010: 25. "Icy Sparks" by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
3-Nov-2010: 26. "The slave" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
12-Nov-2010: 27. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
Long. Long. Long. Oh FSM. So long. I... argh... (Not to sound like a wimp who can only read thin little magazines.) I actually haven't finished it yet. I checked it out from the library... Read half of it in 3 weeks... Discovered that some fucker had reserved it after that time... Returned it... Thought I'd get sweet revenge by reserving it for myself 3 weeks later... Discovered that the fucker finished it (?) in just 2 weeks... Oh... Oh, OK. Got it back, reading now. Update: 'K, finished it, boring.
8-Dec-2010: 28. "Enemies, a love story" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
I'd been meaning to read this for years, as I knew it contained one of my fave quotes.
"As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right."
*le sigh*
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The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.
(k) The 28 books I read in 2010 :)
Starting dates, titles, authors, and any comments I may wish to vomit up:
31-Jan-2010: 1. "Everything is illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Weird-ass book but lovely style. I read it because I'm an Elijah Wood fangirl and need to get around to seeing the movie.
6-Feb-2010: 2. "Rose Madder" by Stephen King
18-Feb-2010: 3. "On writing" by Stephen King
A re-read. I found it very inspiring the first time around. Perhaps now too, I'm just kind of too uptight to write for fun these days. %P But. Soon???
25-Feb-2010: 4. "The call of the wild" by Jack London
I hadn't read it in about 9 years, but called it my fave novel. I suppose I'll keep calling it that. It's got dogs. And Canada. :D But I didn't cry this time around. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
2-Mar-2010: 5. "The beach" by Alex Garland
Wanna travel!!!!!! :) And I wanna see this movie. Not that I was crazy about the book in general.
11-Mar-2010: 6. "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King
A re-read. Sadly, it hardly scared me at all this time around. D: King is my fave novelist, and my first super-frightening Pet Sematary read made it my fave King book. :B
28-Mar-2010: 7. "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 A re-read, one of my fave books.
11-Apr-2010: 8. "The fabric of the cosmos: Space, time, and the texture of reality" by Brian Greene
My ex-email addy contained the phrase yoze_hates_physics, but this book is MATH FREE :D and a rather enjoyable mindfuck! :) I had previously read (and later bought) Greene's "The elegant universe."
18-May-2010: 9. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer
I......... was..... given... the first 2 books... by a Twinerd friend and... borrowed this so I... could do some light reading in between wrestling-sessions with the heavy-ass "Fabric of the cosmos." (:B
9-Jun-2010: 10. "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
I hadn't seen the movie. I still haven't fucking gotten around to seeing it, but I will. Not sure why I picked up the book, but it's now on my fave list. :)
21-Jun-2010: 11. "Pride and prejudice and zombies" by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Not as funny as I'd hoped... Yesh, I had read the original.
27-Jun-2010: 12. "Veronika decides to die" by Paulo Coelho
I didn't enjoy it as much as his "The alchemist"... which is one of my fave books and needs to be re-read... along with moar Coelho.
1-Jul-2010: 13. "Pale blue dot: A vision of the human future in space" by Carl Sagan
Another favourite book.
23-Jul-2010: 14. "The third chimpanzee: The evolution and future of the human animal" by Jared Diamond
A mashup of 3 later Diamond books - "Guns, germs and steel," "Why is sex fun?" and "Collapse," all of which I had read. So if you just want to check him out, I guess you should start with this one. Or, no... READ "COLLAPSE"! :D
16-Aug-2010: 15. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Hoshit, Final Movie, Part 1 was coming up. I had to have a Pottrathon! First books, then movies!
19-Aug-2010: 16. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling
:)
22-Aug-2010: 17. "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
:)
27-Aug-2010: 18. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K. Rowling
:)
6-Sep-2010: 19. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J.K. Rowling
:)
19-Sep-2010: 20. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
As I say all the fucking time, she is a genius story-weaver. :O *kills self* And I want to live at cozy Hogwarts. Kthxbai.
2-Oct-2010: 21. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
SQUEE!
19-Oct-2010: 22. "Rent hus" by Louise Boije af Gennäs
Swedish 1998 novel about a cleaning lady who cleans the offices of top politicians, and one day she murders them all. K. (I'm a cleaner too, btw.)
22-Oct-2010: 23. "Dyngkåt och hur helig som helst" by Mia Skäringer
Another Swedish book about real life that my mum threw at me. The title means, sort of, "Horny as shit and holy as can be." Enthusiastic about family life. Cannae relate.
23-Oct-2010: 24. "Teacher man" by Frank McCourt
Nice book. In other news, I wish I wanted to be a teacher. :p But ewwwwwwwwwww.
28-Oct-2010: 25. "Icy Sparks" by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
3-Nov-2010: 26. "The slave" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
12-Nov-2010: 27. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
Long. Long. Long. Oh FSM. So long. I... argh... (Not to sound like a wimp who can only read thin little magazines.) I actually haven't finished it yet. I checked it out from the library... Read half of it in 3 weeks... Discovered that some fucker had reserved it after that time... Returned it... Thought I'd get sweet revenge by reserving it for myself 3 weeks later... Discovered that the fucker finished it (?) in just 2 weeks... Oh... Oh, OK. Got it back, reading now. Update: 'K, finished it, boring.
8-Dec-2010: 28. "Enemies, a love story" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
I'd been meaning to read this for years, as I knew it contained one of my fave quotes.
"As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right."
*le sigh*
----------------------------------------
Vegan FAQ! :)
The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.